Meet the Parrots

Learn more about the talking, roller-skating, basketball-playing parrots that make up the Parrot Ambassadors flock!

Oly (Greenwing Macaw)

Oly was hatched in 1999 in Minnesota, and has been with Parrot Lady since she was 6 months old. She originally worked with Debbie at Rainforest Cafe for her first year of life. Debbie trained her to not only to talk on cue, but also recall fly! Oly and her “sister” Jesse, are the original pair of parrots that started The Parrot Lady which has now become Parrot Ambassadors! Her signature behavior is “The Parrot Kiss”, where her tongue touches people on the cheek or forehead. A behavior unique to Parrot Ambassadors!

Jesse (Blue and Gold Macaw)

Jesse was also hatched in 1999 in Minnesota, and has been with Parrot Lady since she was 6 months old. She originally worked with Debbie at Rainforest Cafe for her first year of life. Jesse and Oly were Rainforest Cafe’s primary outreach parrots that saw over 26,000 students in less than 6 months time. Debbie trained her not only to talk on cue, but also worked on prop training, rollerskating, and other challenging behaviors! Come meet the talking, rollerskating, basketball playing parrot of Parrot Ambassadors!

Cassie (Black-Capped Caique)

Cassie was hatched in 1990 in Florida. She was originally trained by Tani Robar, and performed in her nationally traveling shows for over 20 years! When it comes to props, Cassie is our resident expert. Her long behavior chains of playing baseball is unique to Parrot Ambassadors that was trained by Tani so many years ago! She loves to show people all the sports we encourage people to play through our parrots like soccer, baseball, basketball. Learn the ultimate sport of parrots! Can you guess it?

Chloe (Blue Crowned Conure)

Chloe was hatched in 2002 in Washington. She belonged to a close friend, Jenni, who trained Chloe to be one of our premier athletes in flying! She flew with Jenni for over 12 years around Green Lake every day, avoiding predators and more. When she joined Parrot Ambassadors in 2015, it took her a year to learn how to interact for shows. An extremely intelligent and willing learner, watch as Chloe learns from Cassie and others not only to fly on on your head, talk on cue, but perform the behaviors Cassie has been doing for years!

Sunny (Solomon Island Eclectus)

Hatched in 2009 in Pennsylvania. Sunny joined Parrot Ambassadors in 2016 when his parents felt he would receive more attention with another family. He has a long history of separation anxiety that we still work with daily from training to light therapy to medications. He strongly prefers to be with Debbie anywhere she goes. He is willing to learn just about anything. Sunny is extremely patient and kind, and one of the only Parrot Ambassadors people can touch.

Echo (Congo African Grey)

Echo was hatched in 1995 in Oregon and joined Parrot Ambassadors in 2013. Echo was given to Debbie by her good friend, Jackie, who said how much Echo likes to join audiences as part of a pirate show. Her signature move is Toss the Parrot. Being now a CITES 1 critically endangered parrot, Echo brings the message of helping parrots globally all the while being able to experience holding this incredibly intelligent species.